Pakistan summons Indian top envoy to the Foreign Office

Pakistan summons Indian top envoy to the Foreign Office

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan summons Indian top envoy to the Foreign Office over ceasefire violations.

The Foreign Office summoned the Indian Charge d’Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia on Monday to register Pakistan’s strong protest over the ceasefire violations by Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Dhudnial, Rakhchikri, Chirikot, and Baroh Sectors a day earlier.

The FO, in a statement on Monday, said that the Indian envoy was summoned "by Director General (South Asia & SAARC) Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, to register Pakistan’s strong protest over the ceasefire violations [...] Resulting in the martyrdom of a child and serious injuries to four innocent civilians.

"Due to the indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by the Indian forces, a two-year-old child, Muhammad Haseeb embraced Shahadat in Dhudnial Sector. In Rakhchikri Sector, two innocent civilians, 26-years-old Waqar Shah and 72-years-old Muhammad Sharif suffered critical injuries.

In Chirikot Sector, 17-years-old Tipu and in Baroh Sector, 25-years-old Zareena, sustained serious injuries," the statement read.